Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages

COLING-ACL98

Sunday August 16, 1998, University of Montreal

Workshop Description

Although there exists a considerable body of CL research specifically
targeted to Semitic languages, much of the work to date has been the
result of initiatives undertaken by individual researchers or research
establishments.
A direct consequence is that there is comparatively little awareness
amongst practitioners of either the state of the art as practiced
outside their own locality, the common challenges faced by all
practitioners, or the potential for developing a coordinated
approach.
The aims of this workshop are therefore:

To provide a forum where current work in a broad range
of subfields can be presented, collected and diffused.

To assess the state of the art with a view to identifying
promising areas for future collaborative research.

To identify initiatives to explore the possibilities of supporting
such research through national and international funding agencies.